Happy Birthday Card

Supplies:

Sea Goddess Stamp
Daydreamer Stamp
Happy Birthday Stamp
Black Versa Fine Ink Pad (Tsukineko)
Blue Card Stock (Bazzill)
White Cardstock 4.25x5.5 (Unknown)
Double Sided Tape (Provo Craft)
Foam Tape (Miss Elizabeth)
Glue Stick (Scotch)
Water Color Pencils (Stampin' Up)
Stickles - Icicle and Gold (Ranger)
Brads (Unknown)
Water Brush (Unknown)
Petite Mulberry Paper Flowers (Prima Mktg)

Instructions:

1. Stamp the mermaid images on white cardstock and trim neatly.
2. Color the images using a pink and yellow for the torso and arms, blue green for the tails and dark green for the fins, yellow for the hair and brown for the rock.
3. Cut a piece of white card stock to 4" x 5.25", using the water color pencils fill in the paper with a light brown up to about 2" from the bottom and then go back over the area with some dark brown.
4. Above the brown, fill in 1" with two or three shades of blue.
5. Next add a sunrise to the area above the water that stretches up about an inch, by starting with a yellow. Layer orange and red on top.
6. The remaining area of the white card stock should be colored in with blues, beginning with a light blue above the yellow and ending with a dark blue along the edge of the paper.
7. In the area where the blue and yellow meet in the sky, add some purple.
8. After the paper has been colored, go over the colors with a water filled brush, using the water sparingly. Allow to dry.
9. Using the water brush, blend the colors on the mermaids. Allow to dry.
10. Once everything is dry, add the brads to the corners of the background paper.
11. Cut the blue card stock to 4.25" x 11" and fold to 5.5" to create a card base.
12. Attach the back ground paper to the card front with double sided tape.
13. Attach the Daydreamer mermaid to the back ground paper with the glue stick, positioning her to the left along the upper area of the brown.
14. Using the foam adhesive, attach the Sea Goddess image on the card front on the right side overlapping the Daydreamer image slightly.
15. Add Prima flowers to the the neckline to create a lei, on the Sea Goddess and place small dots of gold Stickles to the flower centers.
16. Lightly squeeze gold Stickles out of the tip of the bottle and dot the brown area of the painted paper.
17. Place small dots of the icicle Stickles randomly to the top of the back ground paper in the blue area. Allow everything to dry.
18. Stamp the "Happy Birthday" image to the left side of the card above the Daydreamer mermaid.
19. Enjoy Sharing!